Escaping slavery in the Americas, maroons made miracles in the mountains, summoned new societies in the swamps, and forged new freedoms in the forests. They didn't just escape and steal from plantations--they also planted and harvested polycultures. They not only fought slavery …
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"Escaping slavery in the Americas, maroons made miracles in the mountains, summoned new societies in the swamps, and forged new freedoms in the forests. They didn't just escape and steal from plantations--they also planted and harvested polycultures. They not only fought slavery…
"Escaping slavery in the Americas, maroons made miracles in the mountains, summoned new societies in the swamps, and forged new freedoms in the forests. They didn't just escape and steal from plantations--they also planted and harvested polycultures. They not only fought slavery…
The Wars of the French Revolution, 1792-1801 offers a comprehensive and jargon-free coverage of this turbulent period and unites political, social, military and international history in one volume. Carefully designed for undergraduate students, through twelve chapters this book …
"The Wars of the French Revolution, 1792-1801 offers a comprehensive and jargon-free coverage of this turbulent period and unites political, social, military and international history in one volume. Carefully designed for undergraduate students, through twelve chapters this book…
Pese a que se suele considerar México un país con escasa presencia afroamericana, en pocas provincias del Nuevo Mundo como en la Nueva España tuvieron la oportunidad de manifestarse, entre los negros esclavos o libres, personalidades tan fuertes como las de Juan Galindo, compañe…
Pese a que se suele considerar México un país con escasa presencia afroamericana, en pocas provincias del Nuevo Mundo como en la Nueva España tuvieron la oportunidad de manifestarse, entre los negros esclavos o libres, personalidades tan fuertes como las de Juan Galindo, compañe…
In this first survey of documentary records of marronage in colonial and antebellum South Carolina, Lockley offers students and scholars of history an opportunity to assess the features and trends of the maroon experience in the Palmetto State.
In this first survey of documentary records of marronage in colonial and antebellum South Carolina, Lockley offers students and scholars of history an opportunity to assess the features and trends of the maroon experience in the Palmetto State.
Maroon communities were small, secret encampments formed by runaway slaves, typically in isolated and defensible sections of wilderness. The phenomenon began as runaway slaves, unable to escape to safe havens in sympathetic colonies, opted instead to band together for survival n…
These primary documents are augmented by eight maps and by Lockley's introduction and afterword, which place the maroon societies of South Carolina in the larger context of marronage in other regions of the New World.
